First major attempts to regulate AI face headwinds from all sides
By JESSE BEDAYN, SUSAN HAIGH, TRÂN NGUYỄN and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Artificial intelligence is helping…
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Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges in the 2020 election case
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump lost a bid Thursday to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting…
Continue Reading Democrats weigh prospect of helping Johnson save his job as House speaker
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Democrats are entertaining the prospect of helping House Speaker Mike Johnson save his job…
Continue Reading San Francisco sues Oakland over new airport name that includes ‘San Francisco’
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco has sued Oakland after officials there voted in favor of changing the name of the city’s airport to San…
Continue Reading Civilian interrogator defends work at Abu Ghraib, tells jury he was promoted
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A civilian interrogator who worked 20 years ago at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in…
Continue Reading Ex-youth center resident testifies that counselor went from trusted father figure to horrific abuser
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — The man who blew the lid off decades of abuse allegations at New Hampshire’s youth…
Continue Reading Feds push back against judge and say troubled California prison should be shut down without delay
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal officials are pushing back against a judge’s order that would delay the planned…
Continue Reading Coyotes officially leaving Arizona for Salt Lake City following approval of sale to Utah Jazz owners
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes are officially headed to Salt Lake City. The NHL Board of Governors voted…
Continue Reading New York man pleads guilty to sending threats to state attorney general and Trump civil case judge
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man has pleaded guilty to sending death threats to the state attorney general and the…
Continue Reading World Bank’s Banga wants to make gains in tackling the effects of climate change, poverty and war
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a full agenda for Ajay Banga as he nears the end of his first year as World Bank…
Continue Reading Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia, including congresswoman’s daughter
NEW YORK (AP) — New York police removed a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Columbia University on Thursday and arrested more than 100…
Continue Reading Liquor sales in movie theaters, to-go sales of cocktails included in New York budget agreement
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York would expand access to booze under a series of measures unveiled…
Continue Reading Robert F. Kennedy Jr. secures ballot access in battleground state of Michigan
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has secured a place on the ballot in the battleground…
Continue Reading Growing demand for minerals sparks Indigenous outcry over ‘business as usual’ mining practices
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous tribes from 35 countries are criticizing the lack of informed consent for…
Continue Reading Rap artist GloRilla has been charged with drunken driving in Georgia
SUWANEE, Ga. (AP) — Jail records show the rap artist known as GloRilla has been charged with drunken driving in Georgia. GloRilla was charged…
Continue Reading Man charged with 4 University of Idaho deaths was out for a drive that night, his attorneys say
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Bryan Kohberger, the man charged in the deaths of four University of Idaho students in late 2022, was out for a drive the…
Continue Reading Iraq’s prime minister heads to Michigan to meet Arab Americans at a tense time for the Middle East
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and TAREK HAMADA Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has visited Michigan to…
Continue Reading Musicians pay tribute to Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts after death at 80
By The Associated Press Fellow musicians are paying tribute to Allman Brothers guitarist, singer and songwriter Dickey Betts after his death at 80.…
Continue Reading Gunman shot himself and wasn’t killed by officer, chief says
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The police chief in Albany, New York says a gunman who wounded a police officer in the leg after a brief chase shot himself to…
Continue Reading Thousands of Bosnian Serbs attend rally denying genocide was committed in Srebrenica in 1995
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Thousands of Bosnian Serbs have rallied to deny that genocide was committed in Srebrenica in 1995, despite…
Continue Reading Alleged homicide suspect fatally shot by police in San Francisco Bay Area
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say that a man linked to a homicide investigation in California’s capital was fatally shot Wednesday by police…
Continue Reading Kenya’s military chief dies in a helicopter crash
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s military chief Gen. Francis Ogolla died in a helicopter crash west of the…
Continue Reading Convenience store chain where Biden bought snacks while campaigning hit with discrimination lawsuit
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A convenience store chain where President Joe Biden stopped for snacks this week while campaigning in…
Continue Reading Tesla shares tumble below $150 per share, giving up all gains made over the past year
Associated Press Tesla’s stock tumbled below $150 per share, giving up all of the gains made over the past year as the electric vehicle maker…
Continue Reading Man charged in shooting of 5 men following fight over parking space at a Detroit bar
DETROIT (AP) — A 32-year-old Detroit man has been charged in a shooting that wounded five people in what police say was a dispute over a parking…
Continue Reading A lab chief’s sentencing for meningitis deaths is postponed, extending grief of victims’ families
By ED WHITE Associated Press HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — A 12-year saga over a fatal national meningitis outbreak still isn’t over. A man whose…
Continue Reading Virginia law allows the state’s colleges and universities to directly pay athletes through NIL deals
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s governor has signed a law that allows state colleges and universities to directly pay athletes through name,…
Continue Reading Husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon charged with embezzlement in party finance probe
LONDON (AP) — The husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon has been charged with embezzlement in a probe into the finances of Scotland’s…
Continue Reading Biden administration moves to make conservation an equal to industry on US lands
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a new rule for public land management…
Continue Reading Legislation that could force a TikTok ban revived as part of House foreign aid package
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if its China-based…
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